在这部哈纳莱伊湾剧情片中,电影改编自村上春树《东京奇谭集》中收录的短篇小说《哈纳莱伊湾》。
幸来到儿子死去的海滩，遇见一高一矮与儿子有相同爱好的冲浪手。她被告知多年前被鲨鱼咬死的儿子尚在人世，而她无论如何也找寻不到他。
Sachi is the owner of a piano bar. She is a single mother and her son is Takashi. One day, Sachi receives a phone call that her son Takashi died from a shark attack in Hanalei Bay, Hawaii. He was surfing in the bay area when a shark attacked him. His foot was bitten completely off by the shark. Sachi heads to Hawaii. Ten years later, Sachi visits Hanalei Bay annually on her son's death anniversary date. She spends time there reading or looking out into the ocean. One day, she meets two young Japanese surfers and hears from them about a young Japanese surfer, Takahashi, with only one leg.
这是一个生者原谅死者的故事。既然苦难避不开，挥不掉，那就让它跟自己一同经历岁月，一年，十年。面对无常，渺小的我们如何渡过。。。。。。。生命之语。原著是不是被稍微改编了一下？。
